Robert Charles Markey Sr., founder and longtime publisher of the “The
Town-Crier” in Wellington, died Saturday in Greenacres. Mr. Markey was
80.

“I remember he and my mother pasting up the newspaper on our
kitchen counter. He mailed me one of the first editions while I was in
college. When I opened that envelope, it was one of the proudest moments
of my life,” said his son Robert Markey II, who worked at the paper as a
reporter and editor — and eventually, owner — until it was sold in
1998.